International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2018, Volume : 8, Issue : 7
First page : ( 566) Last page : ( 578)
Online ISSN : 2249–2496.

Hydrochemistry of Punjab Satluj Floodplain: Groundwater quality assessment from 1970 to 2011

Gill Harsimrat Kaur

Assistant Professor, Geography Department, Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46, Chandigarh

Online published on 1 August, 2019.

Abstract

Floodplain – a flat terrain adjacent to river that extent from the river bank to the base of the enclosed valley wall. This is water enriched natural entity. From the beginning of civilization, humans attracted to this rich water resource area. Due to inverse effects of human development activities natural system started showing quality deterioration traits. Punjab Satluj floodplain is not the exception. This area faced 56.55% land use and land cover transformation from 1970 to 2011. Surficial modifications and transformations leads to the depletion and deterioration of surface and ground water. Surface water bodies that involved river channels, drains, wetlands, ponds and lakes etc. experienced 12.5% decrease in their surface extent from 1970 to 2011, whereas groundwater fall can be measured through the increased water depth from the surface level as minimum and maximum groundwater depth for 1970 was 1m and 12.33m respectively and in 2011 this range was increased with minimum 2.75m depth and maximum 33.47m depth in study area. Groundwater quality condition can be estimated through the exceeded concentration of hydrochemical from the maximum permissible

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Keywords

Hydrochemicals, Groundwater depth, Green Revolution, Land use and Land cover Change, Floodplain, Satluj.

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